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Multiplicity Info & practicing citing things again
Rita Carter states that evidence for multiplicity is all around us, and even found in history. When someone states that they have been taken over by a spirit, soul, or ghost they are saying that they are experiencing another personality. More commonly, this happens day to day in a different way. If you are feeling happy and carefree while in the company of your friends, but are less happy when you go home to your family, this is an example of multiple personality styles. Also, times when someone states that ‘they aren’t themselves today’. They are acknowledging that there are differences in their personality.

History
Historically, there are many examples of having different personalities. Plato saw that people had different personalities; he called one ‘the rational self’, ‘the spirit’, and ‘the appetite’. He noted that different parts of the personality emerged under certain environmental conditions.

Shakespeare also showed examples of this in his works of literature. Characters that he came up with like Hamlet and Macbeth had different, distinct personalities that differed throughout their respective works.

Freud supported this when he came up with the Id, Ego, and Superego. Arguing that there is a split in the conscious & unconscious mind.

Italian psychologist Roberto Assagoli came up with a therapy called psychosynthesis, and thought there are lots of personalities that are working in our bodies throughout the day that we are not consciously aware of.

American psychologists John & Helen Watkins started using hypnosis to bring out the many personalities that inhabit ones body. This is the method they used to study different personalities.